Not really a "Horror" story...

[nikkibluejeans]

I just thought I'd share a little story... I guess for the woman involved it could be considered a horror story, but for me it was nothing but humorous...

I was at a movie recently with a friend who brought along a friend from out of town. We were sitting through the previews, and one of those Best Buy "turn your cell phone off" commercials, disguised as a preview, comes on. They're a movie theater staple down here.

The premise, for those of you who don't know of them: a preview begins, telling of an epic story along the lines of The Last Samurai or Dances with Wolves... Then, when the "preview" gets to the climactic scene, and it's all quiet and suspenseful, they play the Nokia cell phone tune, and the people in the "preview" look around and say "What was that?" "It's coming from the audience!" And then the buffalo they were hunting scatter, or the enemy they were fighting wins because the heroes were distracted, etc. Then they flash the "Don't ruin the movie. Turn off your cell phone" line. Cute, right?

So, this commercial starts, and the second the Nokia tune comes on - before the joke can even pay off, my friend and I witness her friend (who has obviously never seen these commercials before) DIVE into her purse like there's no tomorrow - in complete terror - to turn off what she thinks is her cell phone. It was a funny sight - my friend and I staring in confusion while this poor woman freaks out in the semi-darkness. And then laughing our behinds off at her embarrassment. Good times. ;D

I have seen those commercials a hundred times, and that is the only time I've ever seen it fool anyone. She must not get out much.

[MsCali]

Hee hee!

I'm disappointed, because our theater has stopped showing them and gone back to the boring old blank screen with just the blue line registering sound as you hear people talking, cell phones ringing, babies crying, people shushing all that, etc. Then a message comes on to tell you not to spoil the movie for others or something. It's very realistic sounding though, and there are usually a few people who are tricked into thinking it's real at first. Of course, I enjoy beating a cheesy joke to death, and never fail to lean over to Mr. C and whisper, "Somebody better shut that -bad word deleted - baby up!"

[Laslo Hollyfeld]

Last night my wife and I saw Invincible, and there was a woman three rows in front of us who kept text messaging throughout the entire movie. While the phone wasn't ringing, the screens on phones these days are incredibly bright, and it was very distracting.

How important do you think you are when you can't go for 90 minutes without talking to someone? Sheesh. If what she really wanted to do was text message, why not just stay home?

[MsCali]

When I saw Hollywoodland, the guy next to me kept his cell phone in his pocket. Unfortunately, he was wearing kahkis, and got a voice mail during the movie. The voice mail light started blinking, and it could be seen through his pocket. It was so distracting.

[freeursoul28]

I think it's incredible how realistic those cell phone, baby crying, or people chattering sound bites sounds. It's like it's really coming from the audience.

That's not really a horror story, but still entertaining. Maybe a horror story for that women.